A Classless Society

Contents

Intro: NINETIES: ‘From despair to where’

Part One: THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA 1990–1997

1 Enter John Major: ‘The devil you know’

2 Lads: ‘All I found was cigarettes and alcohol’

3 Events: ‘You’re in a bad way’

4 Cool: ‘It’s like a new generation calling’

5 Bastards: ‘I’m singing my song for Europe’

6 Charters: ‘Caught by the fuzz’

7 Basics: ‘I’m a weirdo’

8 Resignation: ‘I get knocked down but I get up again’

9 Election: ‘Things can only get better’

Intermission: PATRIOTISM: ‘The England he knew is now no more’

Part Two: NEW ANGELS OF PROMISE 1997–2001

10 Enter Tony Blair: ‘I bet this is as good as it gets’

11 Royalty: ‘Storm the Palace’

12 Government: ‘It all breaks down at the first rehearsal’

13 Generations: ‘I’ve become so cynical these days’

14 Power: ‘I don’t want control of you’

15 Adventures: ‘I can’t imagine the world without me’

16 Reality: ‘What I really really want’

17 Millennium: ‘Let’s all meet up in the year 2000’

Outro: RENEWAL: ‘Weren’t the nineties great?’

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations